I can attest to the quality of the Flexbox. It is fantastic! All of our employees have Mac's and they work great. Originally you had to use Java in FireFox to make it work, but they now have a "Chrome app" that works in Chrome which is even easier (don't have to get the right Java version loaded and click through a million security warnings). The workflow for how the box works is fantastic- You just go to their website and plug in the box and the UI is fully web based. The benefit here is that they are constantly updating different programming profiles for different manufacturer quirks. As soon as they make a change, it is available to you from the UI. If you run into any issues with optic compatibility, they can whip up a new profile and have it available immediately (not that I have actually had any issues, but I did have them add some XFP MRV profiles for me). It will also show you the history of any optic you have programmed which is nice I guess. The down side is naturally that I think it only works with their branded optics and also they are in control (i.e. if they decide to discontinue the service, or if you have no net access you are out of luck, but come on, we are all network engineers - finding Internet is not exactly hard). ;-) -Eric On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Eriks Rugelis <eriks@netideainc.ca> wrote:

A couple of months ago I purchased a Flexbox V3 and a pile of SFP and SFP+ for $dayjob. The parts arrived in less than a week and the Flexbox V3 (and webapp) works well with our Macs.

We are a satisfied customer.

Eriks --- Eriks Rugelis Sr. Consultant Netidea Inc. T: +1.416.876.0740

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On Jul 30, 2015, at 14:48, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef@720.fr> wrote:

Hi,

Flexoptics seems to do the trick but via a Web browser :

https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html

From what I've heard, this thing does the Job.

Best regards.

...

Le 30 juil. 2015 à 20:28, Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca> a écrit :

Does anyone know where I might find a SFP+/XFP programmer with a Mac compatible programmer application?

Thanks!

-- *Eric Rosenberry* Principal Infrastructure Architect // Chief Bit Plumber

+1 on the Flexoptix Flexbox. https://www.flexoptix.net/en/produkte/transceiver-accessories/flexbox-v3-tra... Best regards, Florian -- Florian Hibler Chief Technical Officer eMail: florian.hibler@kaiaglobal.com Kaia Global Networks Limited Internet: http://www.kaiaglobal.com Company No. 08257877 Registered Office: 3rd floor, 12 Corporation Street, High Wycombe, HP13 6TQ, UK Notice: This transmittal and/or attachments may be privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmittal in error, please notify us immediately by reply and immediately delete this message and all its attachments. Thank you. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Jürgen Jaritsch <jj@anexia.at> wrote:

I can also suggest you the Multi-Fiber-Tool from Solid Optics:

http://www.solid-optics.com/tools/multi-fiber-tool/so-multi-fiber-tool-id176...

Works great but I've never tested it with an Mac ... MacOS is at least listed as supported.

Best regards

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] Im Auftrag von Eric Rosenberry Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. August 2015 23:49 An: Eriks Rugelis <eriks@netideainc.ca> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Betreff: Re: Mac compatible SFP+/XFP programmer

I can attest to the quality of the Flexbox. It is fantastic! All of our employees have Mac's and they work great.

Originally you had to use Java in FireFox to make it work, but they now have a "Chrome app" that works in Chrome which is even easier (don't have to get the right Java version loaded and click through a million security warnings).

The workflow for how the box works is fantastic- You just go to their website and plug in the box and the UI is fully web based. The benefit here is that they are constantly updating different programming profiles for different manufacturer quirks. As soon as they make a change, it is available to you from the UI. If you run into any issues with optic compatibility, they can whip up a new profile and have it available immediately (not that I have actually had any issues, but I did have them add some XFP MRV profiles for me). It will also show you the history of any optic you have programmed which is nice I guess.

The down side is naturally that I think it only works with their branded optics and also they are in control (i.e. if they decide to discontinue the service, or if you have no net access you are out of luck, but come on, we are all network engineers - finding Internet is not exactly hard). ;-)

-Eric

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Eriks Rugelis <eriks@netideainc.ca> wrote:

...

A couple of months ago I purchased a Flexbox V3 and a pile of SFP and SFP+ for $dayjob. The parts arrived in less than a week and the Flexbox V3 (and webapp) works well with our Macs.

We are a satisfied customer.

Eriks --- Eriks Rugelis Sr. Consultant Netidea Inc. T: +1.416.876.0740

...

On Jul 30, 2015, at 14:48, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef@720.fr> wrote:

Hi,

Flexoptics seems to do the trick but via a Web browser :

https://www.flexoptix.net/en/flexbox-v3-transceiver-programmer.html

From what I've heard, this thing does the Job.

Best regards.

...

Le 30 juil. 2015 à 20:28, Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca> a écrit :

Does anyone know where I might find a SFP+/XFP programmer with a Mac compatible programmer application?

Thanks!

-- *Eric Rosenberry* Principal Infrastructure Architect // Chief Bit Plumber